You Can Take the Boy Out of the Country

Lyrics

Well, you can take the boy out of the country But you'll never take the country from me Keep my feet in the sand and give me wide open land That's where I need to be I like cornbread, buttermilk, and black-eyed peas I like a hog jowl cooked down in turnip greens And you can take the boy out of the country But you'll never take the country from me Well, I hear a while back I took a notion, said the city was where I needed to be I had a talk to my pa and my dear old ma Whеre she orderеd a suit just for me I got all slicked up and I cut out the town Man, I was looking fine I wanted to go down there and see what was happening And watch those bright lights shine You can take the boys out of the country But you'll never take the country from me To keep my feet in the sand And give me wide open land That's where I need to be Don't get me wrong, I ain't a-puttin' y'all down But most of our necessities have come from town And you can take the boys out of the country But you'll never take the country from me Yeah they took me downtown tole a hole in the ground A little place they called "The Scene" Well, they had an old band, but the record was-a going It was coming from a big machine The floor was shaking and the children was a jerking But all I could see was girls My friend said, "Carl, you got it wrong That's a boy with a pretty long curls" There's a little something different about the way we live Out here on the farm I say we talk about a neighbor but our neighbors don't know it So we really ain't done no harm Every Sunday morning we all get together just shaking each other's hand Then in the little white church we pray to God up above He'll lead us to the promised land 'Cause you can take a boy out of the country But you'll never take the country from me What's that now, you can put my feet in the sand and give me wide open land cause that's where I want to be I like cornbread buttermilk and black eyed peas I like a hog jowl cooked down in turnip greens And you take the boy out of the country But you'll never take the country from me And don't start trying, you'll never take the country from- Give me back my overall Oh there's something about the country I love Yeah, it's a big part of me